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1.The ancestors of which people settled in Australia around 40,000 BC?
Nazca
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Aborigines
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Tlingit
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Maori
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2.What is the other name for Ayers Rock, a sandstone monolith sacred to indigenous Australians?
Uluru
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Savandurga
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Ben Amera
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Stawamus
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3.Where did the Polynesians start building stone plateaus for religious ceremonies after 700?
Galapagos
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Society Islands
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Easter Island
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Christmas Islands
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4.What empire expanded in Oceania and had its peak during the period 1200–1500?
Tu'i Tonga
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Tu'i Fiji
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Tu'i Vanuatu
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Tu'i Kiribati
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5.Which explorer discovered New Zealand in 1642?
Abel Tasman
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Sir Francis Drake
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Ferdinand Magellan
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James Cook
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6.What is the name of hypothetical continent that Europeans were searching in South Pacific?
Zealandia
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Atlantis
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Terra Australis
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New Holland
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7.What do the islanders call the Easter Island statues?
Rapa Nui
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Moai
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Maui
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Holokai
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8.What biblical legendary land from which the gold of Emperor Solomon originates was sought by the Portuguese in Oceania?
Ophir
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El Dorado
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Punt
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Canaan
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9.What do the Maori call their fortified settlements?
Waikiki
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Tiki
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Pa
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Aoteoaro
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10.Where was famous explorer captain James Cook killed on his third voyage?
New Zealand
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Philippines
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Indonesia
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Hawaii
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11.Kamehameha the Great, was the founder and the first ruler of which kingdom in Oceania?
Fiji
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New Zealand
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Tonga
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Hawaii
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12.With which country the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840?
New Zealand
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Fiji
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Australia
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Solomon Islands
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13.Who was the captain of the rebellion ship HMS Bounty, which was sent to the South Pacific to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the West Indies?
Samuel Wallace
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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William Bligh
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John McDouall Stuart
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14.Which British admiral established the convict settlement in Sydney in 1788?
Robert Menzis
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Arthur Phillip
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Ned Kelly
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Harry Morant
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15.How many British colonies united and created the Australian Commonwealth?
Six
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Five
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Three
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Four
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16.Which country was the first in the world to allow women to vote in 1893?
Fiji
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Australia
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Papua New Guinea
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New Zealand
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17.In which present country the Battle of Guadalcanal occurred?
Papua New Guinea
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Solomon Islands
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New Zealand
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Vanuatu
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18.From which country did Kon-Tiki embark on an expedition to the Polynesian islands led by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947?
Mexico
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Peru
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Japan
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Australia
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19.Which Australian city did Japan attack in February 1942?
Perth
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Brisbane
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Sydney
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Darwin
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20.In 1975 Papua New Guinea got independence from which country?
Spain
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France
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Australia
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Great Britain
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21.Which country took responsibility for sinking the Rainbow Warrior ship in Auckland in 1985 caused by protests against nuclear testing?
Spain
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Germany
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France
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United States
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22.Which territory in Oceania voted in the 2021 referendum to remain part of France?